Just a few words about Pizzato winery and vineyards.

2. Plínio Pizzato Family

3. The CompanyFlavio Pizzato
Chief winemaker

4. Flavio Pizzato
Chief winemaker/General manager
Background
• Electronic Engineer and Viticulture and Winemaking Degree
• Especialização/Mestrado Eng. Produção
• Extension wine making courses in Argentina; wine tech & bizz
trips to Italy, GER, USA, Chile, Uruguay, France and South
Africa
• MBA on Wine Marketing

5. Winery Location
Santa Lúcia, Vale dos Vinhedos, Brasil

6. Winery Location

7. Winery Location
Santa Lúcia, Vale dos Vinhedos, Brasil

8. PIZZATO: highlights
Decanter Wine Magazine, October 2016
94 points for Pizzato DNA99
93 points for Pizzato VERTIGO Nature 2013
Descorchados 2016 by Patricio Tapia
2nd time Brazilian wines covered (only sparklings)
Pizzato Nature VERTIGO is best overall sparkling @ 93 points;
Guia ADEGA 2015/2016 for Brazilian Wines/Sparklings
Best individual winery performance (2x more 90+ points wines compared to 2nd
best); best red, white and sparkling overall; Best of the year: 5 of 19 are
Pizzato/Fausto; 14 wines at 90+ points.

9. PIZZATO: highlights
Decanter Wine Magazine, October 2015
90 points for Fausto Chardonnay (among the top 10 south american Chardonnays)
Tim Atkin December 2015
“Best Brazilian wine I ever tasted”;
Descorchados 2015 by Patricio Tapia
1st time Brazilian wines (only sparklings) covered
Pizzato Nature VERTIGO is revelation wine; 2nd best performance with 5 sparklings
w/ 90+ points
Luca Gardini, La Gazza Golosa, Italy (2015)
World’s TOP 100 wines 2015: 91 points for Pizzato DNA99 Single Vineyard Merlot
2008 (only 2 South American wines in the list)
Guia ADEGA 2014/2015 for Brazilian Wines/Sparklings
2nd best individual winery performance; 3 wines/sparkling among the top 10

10. PIZZATO: highlights
Revista GOSTO, 2015
Best Brazilian Wine: Pizzato DNA99 Single Vineyard Merlot
WeinWelt, April 2014
Best Brazilian Wine in Germany: Pizzato CONCENTUS
Guia Baco, 2014 (official brazilian wine guide)
Best Brazilian Merlot: Pizzato DNA 99 Single Vineyard Merlot
Guia ADEGA 2013/2014 for Brazilian Wines/Sparklings
Best individual winery performance, best wine (still and sparkling), best red, best
white, best rosé; 6 wines/sparklings with 90+ points

11. PIZZATO: highlights
“...whose wines were among the most exciting of my trip: sparkling and whites
were delicious and the reds exceptional for their depth and clarity of fruit,
especially the Concentus 2007 (…), and both the 2008 and 2005 DNA99
Merlot, the 2005 being voted Brazil’s best red wine…”
Steven Spurrier, Decanter, May, 2013
“...The merlotking from Brasil …”
Svein Lindn, Norway Wine writer, June, 2013
“... you can taste some of that earth in virtually every wine produced here.” “…the
most terroir-driven wines I encountered in Brazil.”
Gregory dal Piaz, Snooth.com, 2012
“...The Fausto line shows good, fresh varietal wines, while the Pizzato label provides
reds with exceptional depth and clarity of fruit… 93 points for Pizzato DNA99 2008”
Steven Spurrier, Decanter, Oct, 2013

12. PIZZATO: highlights
Best brazilian wine: 2008 Pizzato dna99 Single Vineyard Merlot
Best chardonnay: 2012 Pizzato Chardonnay
Best rosé: 2012 Fausto Rosé
6 wines/sparklings with 90+ points
Best overall performance.
Brazilian Wine Guide 2013-2014 by Adega
(580 brazilian wines/sparklings evaluated)
Best Brazilian red wine: 2005 Pizzato dna99 Single Vineyard Merlot
Expovinis Brasil 2011
For several vintages, best red wine with Merlot and also best white with
Chardonnay. Double gold and gold medals with Merlots, Cabernet,
Chardonnay, Pizzato sparkling etc.
Local contests, Brazilian wine guides, International contests etc

13. BRASIL
Serra Gaúcha
• Vale dos Vinhedos
• Indicação de Procedência (IPVV)
• Denominação de Origem (DOVV)
• Wines with good aging potencial, medium to full
bodied, elegants (more old world style than new
world style – cool/temperate climate wine style)
• Best results with Merlot!

14. PIZZATO vineyards & wines: brief
• Family based business w/ long grapegrowing history
on top grapes for the top Brazilian wineries;
• Founded em 1998 (as winery);
– 1999 – first wine;
– 2000/sept : market debut with Pizzato Merlot
– 2000 – 2003: Pizzato Merlot it’s a huge success  basis
for the future DO Vale dos Vinhedos
– 2005 – first white; 2006 – first fizz / 1st export
– 2009 – fizz expanded(market demand in Brazil)
– 2010 – start to participate in international fairs
– 2011-2015 – growing in fizz also; international highlights
• 2011, 2012 – crescimento

15. The Business
• Family owned, family managed
• Plínio Pizzato Family: Plínio and Diva, Flavio, Flavia,
Jane & Ivo (in memoriam)
• Brands:
– Pizzato: grapes from GI Vale dos Vinhedos (IPVV,DOVV)
– Fausto: grapes from Dr Fausto vineyard, Serra Gaúcha
• Still selling part of the grapes and wine as bulk
– 260.000 bottles as bottled wine (Pizzato and Fausto brands)
– 50.000 liters bulk wine
– 100 tons of grapes

16. The Markets – bottled wine
80 % Domestic market:
Mainly to São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais
20% Export market:
Began in 2005;
Regular international promotion started in 2010 (fairs and
promo);
Destinations:
USA (California, Texas, Florida, NY, IL), Canada (Quebec, Ontario,
Alberta), France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Switzerland,
Poland, Germany, UK, Ireland, Finland, Norway, Venezuela, Japan
and China

17. The Vineyards
Santa Lúcia, Vale dos Vinhedos, Serra Gaúcha
 Established in 1968
 Currently @ 26 hectares
 Main grapes: Merlot, Tannat and
Chardonnay (Pinot Noir, Alicante
Bouschet, Egiodola, Cabernet
Sauvignon, Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc
also grown)

18. The Vineyards
DR FAUSTO de Castro, Dois Lajeados, Serra Gaúcha
 Established in 1982
 Currently @ 19 hectares
 Main grapes: Cabernet
Sauvignon, Chardonnay,
Tannat, Merlot

19. The Wines
FAUSTO Brand
• Grapes from Dr FAUSTO de Castro, Dois Lajeados (Dr Fausto Vineyard)
• Fruity, medium bodied, younger than Pizzato branded wines
PIZZATO Brand
• Grapes from Vale dos Vinhedos, Bento Gonçalves (Santa Lúcia, Vale dos
Vinhedos vineyard)
• Medium to full bodied wines, aged wines, more complexity
• IPVV, DOVV (first GI ever in Brazil and first DO ever in Brazil, respectively)

20. PIZZATO Site / Contact
www.pizzato.net
pizzato@pizzato.net
facebook.com/PIZZATO.Vinicola
By:
Flavio Pizzato – Chief winemaker
flavio@pizzato.net
+55 54 98136 0164 (mobile)
CHEERS!